Cleaning fluids used in hospitals may pose a health risk to both staff and patients. A pilot study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Environmental Health has found that potentially hazardous chemicals are contained in a selection of agents used in several different hospitals.
The study was conducted at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Sustainable [...]

U.S. hospitals fail to comply with standard diagnostic recommendations for colon cancer.
School has barely begun, but many U.S. hospitals have already received their report card in colon cancer. They flunked.  Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
A new study from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the [...]

They receive unpredictable, rationed access to health care as hospitals do not adhere to their own policies.
A case study of three health care institutions — public, for-profit and not-for-profit — within one metropolitan area found that self-pay patients must navigate a system that provides no guarantees medical centers will follow their own policies for providing [...]

It is widely acknowledged today, after years of struggle by women supporting breast-feeding, that breast-feeding is a key to the long-term health of baby and has numerous health benefits for mom. Yet “Only four states (Alaska, Montana, Oregon, and Washington) have met all five Healthy People 2010 targets for breastfeeding.”, says a new report from [...]